Mathematics Educators Weekly Newsletter - Thursday, August 27, 2015

Mathematics Educators newsletter

Top new questions this week: Can a constructivist learning model be applied to online lower division math courses? I'm using the word constructivist as it is used in this paper, not in the sense used in logic. The abstract should be sufficient to understand at least roughly what the model is. The important part, ... mathematical-pedagogy online-instruction precalculus   asked by Alexander Gruber 4 votes Teaching mathematics and its charms to non-mathematicians I am teaching English in Japan and I have a student who speaks English well, and to keep up his level, in our weekly lessons would like to learn some subjects related to my degree in mathematics. I ... undergraduate-education mathematical-pedagogy course-design mathematical-discourse   asked by Sam Burville 3 votes answered by vonbrand 1 vote What are some great books for gifted students to learn quadratic function? I'm planning to get some sources which explain beautiful problems about quadratic function. I know that there are another kind of functions, but the quadratic function has different applications in ... mathematical-pedagogy gifted-students functions mathematics-in-daily-life   asked by Carlos Torres 1 vote Greatest hits from previous weeks: Uninsulting way to say "this will eventually be easy" When presenting a proof, there are usually a lot of parts which look like "obvious", "routine" manipulation to me, and between zero and two genuinely insightful steps. I want to point out the ... proofs language-use   asked by David Speyer 28 votes answered by Benjamin Dickman 10 votes Should students be told they're wrong I base this question off where I got my motivation for math and science. Throughout several attempts in my junior years, I was able to design a perpetual motion machine, design a free energy device, ... secondary-education student-motivation   asked by Dane Bouchie 14 votes answered by Austin 38 votes Software to create video tutorial of mathematics topics I came across many video tutorials on youtube regarding mathematics. I found this video amazingly simple to understand for students. I want to know about the tool/software used for it or similar ... technology-in-education tutoring software   asked by user 17 votes answered by Adrienne 13 votes What basic algebra skills and techniques are most important for calculus students to know? In my experience, algebra is one of the biggest stumbling blocks to calculus students. For instance, sign errors are common, and exponent laws (and log laws!) cause a lot of headaches. Many courses ... undergraduate-education calculus algebra   asked by Brian Rushton 14 votes answered by Sue VanHattum 13 votes

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